Virginia building permits & home builders

Live single-family residential permit data and the most active licensed builders across all 132 counties in Virginia. Updated weekly from US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey + county public records.

Permits (12mo)

16,665

Statewide single-family

Counties tracked

132

All scored 0–100

Top market

Chesterfield

1,121 permits

Active builders

Top 10 ranked below

Top counties in Virginia by permit volume

Most-active markets in the state over the last 12 months.

Top home builders in Virginia

Most-active licensed builders across the state in the last 12 months.

Per-permit builder attribution not yet available for Virginia. Census Bureau aggregate data is loaded.

All 132 counties in Virginia

Accomack 127 Albemarle 442 Alexandria (Independent City) 11 Alleghany 12 Amelia 39 Amherst 94 Appomattox 61 Arlington 166 Augusta 191 Bath 13 Bedford 216 Bland 5 Botetourt 105 Bristol (Independent City) 4 Brunswick 28 Buchanan 9 Buckingham 72 Buena Vista (Independent City) 4 Campbell 198 Caroline 184 Carroll 60 Charles City 28 Charlotte 37 Charlottesville (Independent City) 14 Chesapeake(Independent City) 539 Chesterfield 1,121 Clarke 13 Colonial Heights (Independent City) 13 Covington (Independent City) 0 Craig 13 Culpeper 255 Cumberland 63 Danville (Independent City) 14 Dickenson 6 Dinwiddie 62 Emporia (Independent City) 3 Essex 30 Fairfax 499 Fairfax (Independent City) 43 Falls Church (Independent City) 14 Fauquier 405 Floyd 58 Fluvanna 174 Franklin 112 Frederick 576 Fredericksburg(Independent City) 21 Galax (Independent City) 5 Giles 16 Gloucester 136 Goochland 202 Grayson 21 Greene 137 Greensville 16 Halifax 85 Hampton (Independent City) 53 Hanover 229 Harrisonburg (Independent City) 27 Henrico 747 Henry 32 Highland 12 Hopewell (Independent City) 29 Isle of Wight 272 James City 205 King George 100 King William 144 King and Queen 31 Lancaster 82 Lee 16 Lexington (Independent City) 3 Loudoun 452 Louisa 310 Lunenburg 22 Lynchburg (Independent City) 157 Madison 41 Manassas (Independent City) 51 Manassas Park (Independent City) 0 Martinsville (Independent City) 3 Mathews 19 Mecklenburg 118 Middlesex 61 Montgomery 296 Nelson 49 New Kent 197 Newport News (Independent City) 82 Norfolk (Independent City) 141 Northampton 136 Northumberland 52 Norton (Independent City) 1 Nottoway 38 Orange 248 Page 105 Patrick 21 Petersburg (Independent City) 45 Pittsylvania 57 Poquoson (Independent City) 79 Portsmouth (Independent City) 98 Powhatan 105 Prince Edward 26 Prince George 139 Prince William 725 Pulaski 45 Radford (Independent City) 15 Rappahannock 27 Richmond 24 Richmond (Independent City) 339 Roanoke 132 Roanoke (Independent City) 77 Rockbridge 75 Rockingham 417 Russell 12 Salem (Independent City) 10 Scott 18 Shenandoah 131 Smyth 12 Southampton 54 Spotsylvania 496 Stafford 380 Staunton (Independent City) 55 Suffolk (Independent City) 486 Surry 27 Sussex 36 Tazewell 7 Virginia Beach (Independent City) 197 Warren 135 Washington 83 Waynesboro (Independent City) 229 Westmoreland 176 Williamsburg (Independent City) 19 Winchester (Independent City) 43 Wise 48 Wythe 66 York 166

For LBM & trade operators serving Virginia

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